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Posted by: Sarah Friedman
The following is a guest post by Alice Condry-Power, a former intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is an undergraduate student studying English at Skidmore College. When you see a red sole on the bottom of a high-heeled shoe, where does your mind go? Many would connect this …
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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Former Digital Resources Division intern Kaycee Conover introduces us to Filipino revolutionary José Rizal, whose writings moved Congress during the consideration of the Philippine Bill in 1902.
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post examines the newly published book, "The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930” by Robert C. Post.
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post summarizes the upcoming February Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …
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Posted by: Jennifer González
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy celebrates 30 years under this name and the Department of Energy.
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Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog post discusses piracy and its modern application, especially concerning the corroboration with pirates in title 18, chapter 81 of the United States Code; 1651-1657 and the case United States v. Ali (2012).
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Posted by: Jennifer González
John Henry Wigmore, American lawyer and legal scholar, created a list of 100 legal novels in 1908.
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Stephania Alvarez, Foreign Law Specialist at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. It is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. The Venezuelan National Assembly issued a statement on September 23 of 2023, advocating for a referendum previously sanctioned by the Assembly on September 21, regarding Venezuela’s …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News